Drinking fountain



March 7, 1933.- H, w TAYLOR 1,900,591

DRINKING FOUNTAIN Filed Jan. 26, 1951 1 15 1 INVENTQR H-WTHYLOR /4 ATTORNEY5 Patented Mar. 7, 1933 i UNETED STATES HALSEY W. TAYLOR, OF WARREN, OHIO DRINKING FOUNTAIN Application filed January 26, 1931. Serial No. 511,181.

19 1 is a sectional view of a drinking fountain basin embodying my improvement, and Fig.

2 a similar view at right angles to Fig. 1.

The invention comprises a bowl or dished basin A of porcelain or other material hav- 16 ing means at its top or in its brim for delivering a stream of drinking water upwardly, preferably at an inclination, into the collecting or waste chamber 2 of the basin from the bottom of which the water is adapted to 20 escape freely through a drain pipe 3. The means for jetting the water into the basin may consist of a discharge jet or opening 1 formed in the wall of the basin itself, or a separate delivery nozzle may be mounted 25 within or upon the basin for that purpose according to known practices. In either case, a supply pipe 5 is connected to the basin and jet, and a manually operable valve 6 usually provided to turn the water on and off as needed, although in some installations the water runs continuously. Apart from the provisions usually made for controlling and regulating the supply and drinking stream, I provide other means for automatically cutting ofl the supply of water when certain undesirable conditions arise which may prove objectionable to the users of the drinking fountain or lead to the contamination of the drinking stream. Thus, I connect a suitable controlling valve 7 tothe supply pipe 5, which is open normally but adapted to be closed automatically by valve 7 when the drain inlet or drain pipe 3 is either maliciously or'acci- N dentally closed. For example, say that foreign matter should clog pipe 5 or trap 8, or the strainer plate or inlet 9 be covered and closed, then the water delivered into waste chamber 2 will rise therein until it overflows. I In order that the overflow waste watershall not reach the nozzle or jet openingi and conoverflow opening or series of such openings 12 in the wall underneath the rim. This overflow water is then discharged into a separate drip pan or vessel" 14 suspended by a bail or handle 15 from the hook end 16 of a lever or arm 17 attached to a rotatable plug or other shut off member 18 forming part of valve 7.

The present basin A'includes a flanged rear part 20 adapted to be lined to a wallor other suitable support, and a contracted skirting or apron 21 extends downwardly'from the main side walls 22 of-thebasin to provide a round well or opening at the bottom or beneath the basin, within which the receiver or vessel '14 may be seated. This vessel may be either shallow or deep, and its flanged rim 23 may be made to conform to the shapeof the seating edge of the opening at the base of the apron or skirting 21. A coiled spring 24 is connected to a short arm25 on pivoted lever 17 to hold the valve normally open and also keep the overflow receiver or vessel 14 1 in its raised and seated position against skirting 21. Accordingly, should the drain opening or pipe of the basin become clogged or closed andthe water rise in the basin and overflow through the openings '1 2, then this waste water will flow downwardly over the curved rear wall 25 and into receiving vessel .14. The added weight of the'water to this vessel will overcome the tension of spring 24: and tilt lever 17, thereby closing valve 7 and V. cutting off thewater automatically to jet 4. Summarizing, it will be readily seen that should waste or soiled water collect in the basin its rise to a higher level will be limited or checked, by the presence' of the overflow' l openings 12, and when that level is reached and overflow of water occurs that the water supply will then be positively cut OE and further operation and use of the fountain absolutely prevented. In other words, the waste water is checked in its rise initially so that it will not reach the higher level occupied by jet i and contaminate the drinking stream issuing fromthe jet, and secondly, the overflowing Water is then utilized to shutoff the '1.

drinking stream and stop further flow of water at the jet automatically. This inventive concept may be carried out in other ways and by other means than as exemplified herein, and various modifications of the invention may be made in view of such disclosures, particularly in details of construction of the basin, the type of valves and kind of streamforming devices used, in the general assembly and proportioning of parts, etc. Consequently, it should be understood that the present invention is not necessarily limited to the exact form of structure and operating assembly of parts exemplified herein, but includes and embraces all changes and modifications thereof which may be permissible in view of known practices andthe prior art.

What I claim is:

1. A basin having an overflow opening therein and a depending skirt having-an opening at the base thereof, a water delivery device for said basin having a controlling valve, and an overflow receiving vessel connected to said valve and having a fiangedrim conforming to the shape of and seated in closure engagement with said skirt, and closing said opening.

2. A basin having a drain opening at its bottom and an overflow passage at one side, and including a stream-projecting device located within said basin in a higher plane than said overflow passage, in combination with a water supply pipe connected to said stream-projecting, device, a rotatable valve for controlling the flow of water through said pipe, a water receiving vessel, and spring actuated means rigidly connected with the rotatable part of said valve for holding the valve open and for yieldingly suspending the said vessel in position to rotate and close said valve when water overflows into the vessel. I

3. A basin having a depending skirt formed with an opening at the base thereof, said basin having an overflow communicating with said base opening, a water delivery device for said basin having a controlling valve, and an overflow receiving vessel shaped to fit the opening in the base of said depending skirt, said valve including spring actuated -1neans tending to open said valve and suspending said vessel for movement to and away from closing position with respect to said base opening.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

HALSEY "W. TAYLOR. 

